Lisa B. Kaufman
Managing Director
Nashville, TN
Phone: 312.953.9143
Lisa B. Kaufman has been an advisor in Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity transactions for over 30 years. She is responsible for leading all aspects of engagements for the firm.
Prior to joining Dinan Capital Advisors, Ms. Kaufman served as Managing Director of leading New York and Chicago based middle market M&A firms and as Managing Partner of Northlight Capital, where she led the firm's consumer products, industrials, value-added distribution and ecommerce/technology/tech-based service teams. Prior to Northlight, she co-founded and served as EVP of Strategy and Acquisitions for a leading national technology-based services company where she raised $250 million in capital and completed multiple add-on acquisitions. Previously, she co-founded and served as Managing DIrector of Bank of America's Mergers & Acquisitions Group, where she advised large corporate, private equity and middle market clients on divestitures, exclusive sales and acquisitions. She co-founded Deloitte's first U.S. M&A business in Chicago and began her career in Deloitte's London office where she advised on cross-border M&A transactions.
Ms. Kaufman holds an MBA with Honors from the University of Chicago-Booth School of Business and a BBA with Distinction from the University of Michigan-Ross School of Business.
